Innate arthroscopic skills in medical students and variation in learning curves

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 19, 2011, Pages e115(1)-

  Alvand, Abtin ^a   Auplish, Sunil ^a   Gill, Harinderjit ^a   Rees, Jonathan ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 80053998598     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00199     Document Type: Article

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